The Captioning Group is one of the oldest, most established, and experienced full-service realtime captioning houses in North America. Since 1991, The Captioning Group has been providing high-quality realtime captioning services for the broadcast community.

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The 2018 Winter Olympics XXIII Pyeongchang, forever known to me as P*K. When TCG asked me to caption the Olympics, I was excited and fearful at the same time. In my 22 years of captioning, I’ve only captioned the Olympic games one other time, the 2008 Summer Olympics XXIX Beijing. I remembered very well…

You’ve met members of our office staff, and now, we want to introduce you to our fine team of captioners. Please enjoy our brand-new monthly series! We take a closer look at our TCG captioners, their favourite on-air moments, and what it is about this unique career that they love so much. This month, we get to…

You’ve met members of our office staff on our site, and now, we want to introduce you to our fine team of captioners. Please enjoy our brand-new monthly series! We take a closer look at our TCG captioners, their favourite on-air moments, and what it is about this unique career that they love so much….

>> Sergeant-at-Arms: MAKE WAY FOR MR. SPEAKER. [Bell Ringing] >> Hon. Steve Thomson (Speaker): MEMBER FOR COLUMBIA RIVER-REVELSTOKE WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER. So begins another session of the British Columbia Legislature’s 41st sitting on June 22, 2017. This setting is familiar to me–I’ve been a realtime captioner for The Captioning Group…

At first, realtime stenography can seem quite daunting. It is the work of excellent instructors and programs that get students on the path to achieving their goals and becoming successful in the field of realtime captioning. Here are seven tips from an instructor, and TCG captioner, on getting started on your journey to learning realtime!…

Who are the faces behind the closed captioning administration team at TCG? Where do the emails come from, who helps manage a 24/7 realtime show schedule, and how did they come to join the vibrant team at The Captioning Group? Our Meet the TCG Team series showcase the members of our team who make the closed captioning of…

10 Things Canadians Say That Americans Don’t Understand While Canadians and Americans can sound very much alike (depending which province you are from), there are certain terms that pop up only in Canadian culture that would sound completely foreign to an American’s ears. This goes beyond “eh” and “toque,” with many words used in daily…

What Does a Closed Captioner Do? Article sourced with permission from – Stenofabulous — You’re a What? What is That? I’ve been a captioner for close to a year now. When I meet people, and they ask me what I do for a living, trying to explain my job to them can be really hard, people…

Debate Night: Relaying the Message with Closed Captioning One of the hardest forms of stenography comes in the form of live television captioning. It is a field reserved for the best of the best… those who can achieve a consistent and astronomically high accuracy rate, have a knack for remembering minute details from the…

photo credit: Edmonton Journal Meet North America’s Fastest Stenographer 280 words per minute, Jeffrey Weigl wins top speed award at the 2016 NCRA Convention. At the beginning of September, word was released and the story spread wide across Canada about the fastest hands in North America. The champion of the NCRA annual speed…